Ufuk Topcu

Journal Papers Under Review

1. Uncertainty quantification for modular and hierarchical models, submitted to the SIAM Journal on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 2009 (with L. Lucas, M. Ortiz, and H. Owhadi).
   

2. Optimization-based constrained iterative learning control, submitted to the IEEE Transaction on Control System Technology, 2009 (with S. Mishra and M. Tomizuka).
   

3. Characterizing two-timescale nonlinear dynamics using finite-time Lyapunov exponents and vectors (with K. Mease and E. Aykutlug).

Journal Papers

1. Stability region analysis for uncertain nonlinear systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, pp. 1042-1047, 2009 (with A. Packard).
   

2. Robust region-of-attraction estimation, accepted to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2009 (with A. Packard, P. Seiler, and G. Balas).
   

3. Parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions derived from the scaled small gain condition, to appear in the IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, 2009 (with P.Seiler, A. Packard, and G. Balas).
   

4. Local stability analysis using simulations and sum-of-squares programming, Automatica, vol. 44, pp. 2669-2675, 2008 (with A. Packard and P.Seiler).
   

5. Parameter estimation with expected and residual-at-risk criteria, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 58, pp. 39-46, 2008 (with G. Calafiore and L. El Ghaoui).
   

6. Minimum-fuel powered descent for Mars pinpoint landing, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 44, pp. 324-331, 2007 (with J. Casoliva and K. Mease).
   

Conference Papers Under Review

1. Receding horizon control for temporal logic specifications, International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, 2010 (with T. Wongpiromsarn and R. M. Murray).
   

2. Quantitative nonlinear analysis of autocatalytic networks with applications to glycolysis, American Control Conference, 2010 (with G. Buzi and J. Doyle).
   

3. Compositional analysis of autocatalytic networks in biology, American Control Conference, 2010 (with G. Buzi and J. Doyle).
   

Conference Papers

1. Receding horizon temporal logic planning for dynamical systems, to appear in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2009 (with T. Wongpiromsarn and R. M. Murray).
   

2. Compositional stability analysis based on dual decomposition, to appear in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2009 (with A. Packard and R. M. Murray).
   

3. Analytical validation tools for safety critical systems, in the proceedings of the AIAA InfoTech Conference (AIAA-2009-1991), 2009 (with P.Seiler, G. Balas, and A. Packard).
   

4. Stability region estimation for systems with unmodeled dynamics, in the proceedings of the European Control Conference, 2009 (with A. Packard, P.Seiler, and G. Balas).
   

5. Linearized analysis versus optimization-based nonlinear analysis for nonlinear systems, in the proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 790-795, 2009 (with A. Packard).
   

6. Local robust performance analysis for nonlinear dynamical systems, in the proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 784-789, 2009 (with A. Packard).
   

7. Iterative learning control with saturation constraints, in the proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 943-948, 2009 (with S. Mishra and M. Tomizuka).
   

8. Multistage investments with recourse: single-asset case, in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2398-2403, 2008 (with G. Calafiore and L. El Ghaoui).
   

9. Simulation-aided reachability and local gain analysis for nonlinear dynamical systems, in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4097-4102, 2008 (with W. Tan, A. Packard, P. Seiler, and G. Balas).
   

10. Parameter estimation with expected and residual-at-risk criteria, in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 666-671, 2008 (with G. Calafiore and L. El Ghaoui).
    

11. Local stability analysis for uncertain nonlinear systems using a branch-and-bound algorithm, in the proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 3428-3433, 2008 (with A. Packard, P. Seiler, and G. Balas).
    

12. Stability region analysis for uncertain nonlinear systems, in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1693-1698, 2007 (with A. Packard).
    

13. Stability region analysis using simulations and sum-of-squares programming, in the proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 6009-6014, 2007 (with A. Packard, P. Seiler, and T. Wheeler).
    

14. Using Lyapunov vectors and dichotomy to solve hyper-sensitive optimal control problems, in the proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 247-252, 2006 (with K. Mease).
    

15. Fuel efficient powered descent guidance for Mars landing, in the proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference (AIAA-2005-6286), 2005 (with K. Mease).
    

16. Two Timescale Nonlinear Dynamics and Slow Manifold Determination, in the proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference (AIAA-2005-5846), 2005 (with K. Mease).
    

Thesis

• Ph.D. Thesis: University of California, Berkeley, supervised by Andy Packard
  Filed in July, 2008
  Link to the web page that serves the Ph.D. dissertation, an errate sheet, and data for the examples:
  Quantitative Local Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
  Please let me know if you find any mistakes via email.

• M.S. Thesis: University of California, Irvine, supervised by Ken Mease
  Filed in June, 2005
  Lyapunov Exponents and Vectors for Determining the Geometric Structure of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Reports and Unpublished Papers

1. On base station localization for state estimation over lossy networks, 2007 (with Ken Hsu and Kameshwar Poolla).